Category: SCA2001 Assignment 3

Return to the definition of cultural responsibility you wrote in week one. Copy and paste that definition in the top of a new blog. Then copy and paste your definitions from week four, and week eight. Week 1. Cultural safety is having a considered environment that allows for different cultures to be accepted and unhidden….Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 10 – Exercise 2

What spaces could you occupy and it would be considered an act of resistance? Does this spark anything in your imagination in regards to your artwork? Because of whom I am, I have not entered into many spaces where I would face or feel resistance, that I have noticed. However, that is not to say…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 10 – Exercise 1

Who has the greatest power? Are they wielding that power responsibly? When you become a leader in a space, how do you ensure you are not oppressing groups or create a space that is unsafe? Do your colleagues and co-workers genuinely get along with you, or are they simply committing acts of adhesion so that…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 9 – Exercise 2

In your career as a scholar through school and university, can you identify teachers in your life who taught in a way that was oppositional to Friere’s work? Are their teachers who aligned themselves with Friere’s methods? Which did you find beneficial or meaningful? What are the pros and cons of each? My own experiences…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 9 – Exercise 1

What examples from the past or recent history of queer representation can you find in your artform? How is queerness represented? Would you say it is authentic representation? How does intersectionality complicate the representation? Using film and television as my field, which isn’t the path I’m certain I’ll travel down, but most likely will, queer…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 8 – Exercise 1

Why do we insist on promoting multiculturalism when it so clearly hinders us from a unified national identity and culture? I would say that multiculturalism should be the national identity of Australia, at least a principle component of it. From my understanding and perspective, the national Australian identity and culture has always been quite a…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 7 – Exercise 2

What does this say about multiculturalism? The piece brings attention to many elements of multiculturalism. One primary element is that multiculturism itself can be held partially responsible for the lack of understanding and learning about indigenous Australians. It is described that other cultures can be domineering over the culture of indigenous Australians being, “…shadowed by…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 7 – Exercise 1

Watching Dylan’s acceptance speech above, what do you notice? A key element of the speech is that a disability is something to be proud of. In the speech, he states that he could be paid enough money in the world to engage in medical trials that might change his interaction with his disability (Alcott and…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 6 – Exercise 1

Using Hadley’s ally types, how would you describe Jack? Look at these actions below and identify which ally type would best describe you. You publicly condemn the pay imbalance on Jill’s post and share it on your own. You approach Jack privately to advocate for equal pay for Jill. When this doesn’t work, you offer…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 5 – Exercise 2

Reflect on the privilege walk video, shown under section 2.2: Privilege. Using those questions, how would you talk about your own sense of privilege? Are there questions that weren’t asked that you feel as especially important? On thinking about the questions, my own privilege is quite high. Most of the questions that would make some…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 5 – Exercise 1

In the first week of this class, you composed a personal definition of ‘cultural safety’. Write a new blog post and copy and paste that definition. Write a short paragraph reflection on that definition, and whether it would change or morph depending on the material we’ve discussed over the last few weeks. Week 1. Cultural…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 4 – Exercise 2

How do you feel around the concept of ‘political correct’ language? Are you anxious? Fearful? Comfortable? Uncomfortable? Indifferent? I have quite comfortable with the concept of politically correct language and believe its usage is a net positive for all. Where do you think these feelings come from? These feelings primarily come from my own through…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 4 – Exercise 1

Who is an artist working in your field that has a disability? What language do you notice they use in talking about their disability? Does the language that the media use around them differ from that language? In roughly my field, or better describe as a field that I could enter, I watch the content…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 3 – Exercise 1

Have you seen a particuarly compelling or moving Welcome to Country? Unfortunately, because of the circumstances that I grew up in, I have not been exposed to a particularly moving Welcome to Country or even that many Welcome to Country’s for that matter. I do not feel that I can give a good answer to…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 2 – Exercise 2

Is it reasonable to expect a state theatre company to program First Nations-centred work? If so, why? Is it reasonable to place the same level of expectation on smaller arts companies, like independent artists? As an artist about to emerge into the professional field, what expectations do you place on yourself in terms of intersecting…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 2 – Exercise 1

Take a look at the list of desirable traits in an ethical leader in ‘4. What is Ethics?’. Are there examples of leaders, managers or teachers in your life where you can see these traits? Or perhaps an absence of these traits? Talk about who this person (or people) are and the effect they’ve had…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 1 – Exercise 2

Identify some of the following people in your life: A grandparent, or someone of your grandparent’s generation that you know moderately well; A friend or peer of yours who is of the opposite sex or a different gender identification than you; A friend or family member who doesn’t live in the same country as you;…Continue Reading SCA2001 – Week 1 – Exercise 1